Method and apparatus for inserting frankfurters into containers

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF INSERTING FRANDFURTERS AND FOOD PRODUCTS OF SIMILAR SHAPE INTO AN OPEN MOUNTHED CLOSE BOTTOM CONTAINER THROUGH A FUNNEL SHAPED FILLING MEMBER HAVING A CONSTRICTED DISCHARGE THROAT, INCLUDING THE STEPS OF PREARRANGING THE FRANKFURTERS IN COINCIDING PARALLEL RELATION, INSERTING THE PREARRANGED FRANKFURTERS INTO THE FILLING MEMBER WHILE HOLDING SAID ARRANGEMENT, POSITIONING SAID OPEN MOUTHED CLOSED BOTTOM CONTAINER TO BE FILLED INTO SEALING CONTACT WITH THE FILLING MEMBER WHILE MAINTAINING SPACE BETWEEN SAID THROAT OF THE FILLING MEMBER AND THE OPEN MOUTH OF THE CONTAINER, AND PRODUCING SUCTION IN SAID SPACE TO EVACUATE AIR FROM THE CONTAINER FOR HOLDING THE CONTAINER IN SEALING CONTACT WITH THE FILLING MEMBER AND FOR ESTABLISHING A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL UPON RESPECTIVE ENDS OF THE FRANKFURTERS SUFFICIENT TO DISCHARGE THE FRANKFURTERS INTO THE CONTAINER.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF INSERTING FRANDFURTERS AND FOOD PRODUCTS OF SIMILAR SHAPE INTO AN OPEN MOUNTHED CLOSE BOTTOM CONTAINER THROUGH A FUNNEL SHAPED FILLING MEMBER HAVING A CONSTRICTED DISCHARGE THROAT, INCLUDING THE STEPS OF PREARRANGING THE FRANKFURTERS IN COINCIDING PARALLEL RELATION, INSERTING THE PREARRANGED FRANKFURTERS INTO THE FILLING MEMBER WHILE HOLDING SAID ARRANGEMENT, POSITIONING SAID OPEN MOUTHED CLOSED BOTTOM CONTAINER TO BE FILLED INTO SEALING CONTACT WITH THE FILLING MEMBER WHILE MAINTAINING SPACE BETWEEN SAID THROAT OF THE FILLING MEMBER AND THE OPEN MOUTH OF THE CONTAINER, AND PRODUCING SUCTION IN SAID SPACE TO EVACUATE AIR FROM THE CONTAINER FOR HOLDING THE CONTAINER IN SEALING CONTACT WITH THE FILLING MEMBER AND FOR ESTABLISHING A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL UPON RESPECTIVE ENDS OF THE FRANKFURTERS SUFFICIENT TO DISCHARGE THE FRANKFURTERS INTO THE CONTAINER.

Claim 3

AN APPARATUS FOR INSERTING FRANKFURTERS AND FOOD PRODUCTS OF SIMILAR SHAPE INTO AN OPEN MOUTHED CLOSED BOTTOM CONTAINER, INCLUDING A FILLING MEMBER HAVING AN INWARDLY TAPERING BORE OPEN AT THE ENDS, WITH THE SMALLER END OF THE BORE TERMINATING SHORT OF THE CORRESPONDING END OF THE FILLING MEMBER, SAID BORE HAVING FLUTES EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF THE BORE TO THE OTHER FOR GUIDING THE OUTERMOST FRANKFURTERS PLACED IN THE BORE INTO SQEEZING CONTACT WITH THE INNERMOST FRANKFURTHER TO CLOSE SPACES BETWEEN THE FRANKFURTERS, A GASKET RING FIXED TO THE FILLING MEMBER IN SPACED ENCIRCLING RELATION WITH THE SMALLER END OF THE BORE TO ACCOMMODATE THE OPEN END OF A CONTAINER IS SEALING CONTACT THEREWITH, AND MEANS FOR CREATING SUCTION IN SAID SPACE BETWEN THE SMALLER END OF THE BORE AND THE CINTAINER TO EVACUATE AIR FROM THE CONTAINER AND ESTABLISH A DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE ON THE FRANKFURTERS PLACED IN THE LARGER END OF THE BORE TO DISCHARGE THE SQUEEZED TOGETHER FRANKFURTHERS INTO THE CONTAINER.

Claim 4

AN APPARATUS FOR INSERTING FRANKFURTERS AND FOOD PRODUCTS OF SIMILAR SHAPE INTO AN OPEN MOUTHED CLOSED BOTTOM CONTAINER, INCLUDING A FILLING MEMBER HAVING AN INWARDLY TAPERING BORE OPEN AT THE ENDS, WITH THE SMALLER END OF THE BORE TERMINATING SHORT OF THE CORRESPONDING END OF THE FILLING MEMBER, SAID BORE HAVING FLUTES EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF THE BORE TO THE OTHER FOR GUIDING THE OUTERMOST FRANKFURTERS PLACED IN THE BORE INTO SQEEZING CONTACT WITH THE INNERMOST FRANKFURTHER TO CLOSE SPACES BETWEEN THE FRANKFURTERS, A GASKET RING FIXED TO THE FILLING MEMBER IN SPACED ENCIRCLING RELATION WITH THE SMALLER END OF THE BORE TO ACCOMMODATE THE OPEN END OF A CONTAINER IS SEALING CONTACT THEREWITH, AND MEANS FOR CREATING SUCTION IN SAID SPACE BETWEN THE SMALLER END OF THE BORE AND THE CINTAINER TO EVACUATE AIR FROM THE CONTAINER AND ESTABLISH A DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE ON THE FRANKFURTERS PLACED IN THE LARGER END OF THE BORE TO DISCHARGE THE SQUEEZED TOGETHER FRANKFURTHERS INTO THE CONTAINER.